In a supplemental appropriations request, the White House is asking Congress to provide an additional $1.5bn (€1.47bn) to the US Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy for the acquisition of low-enriched uranium (LEU) and high assay low-enriched uranium (Haleu) for existing and future US reactors.
The request follows the $700m earmarked for Haleu supply in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in August.
The $1.5bn, described in the request as an “emergency requirement” to “reduce the reliance of the US and friendly foreign countries on nuclear fuels from Russia and other insecure sources of LEU and Haleu,” comes with no expiration date and broad leeway for the secretary of energy to sign contracts.
The request follows the $700m earmarked for Haleu supply in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in August.
The $1.5bn, described in the request as an “emergency requirement” to “reduce the reliance of the US and friendly foreign countries on nuclear fuels from Russia and other insecure sources of LEU and Haleu,” comes with no expiration date and broad leeway for the secretary of energy to sign contracts.
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